"Why does this kid look so similar to Yuan Shao when he was young!"

Xun Yu had served as a staff member in Yuan Shao's tent in his early years, so he was very familiar with Yuan Shao's voice and appearance. Looking at the young man who led troops to siege the city now, his appearance was completely different from Yuan Shao's youthful demeanor.

While Xun Yu was astonished, he couldn't help but feel uneasy, and an unpleasant thought began to linger in his mind.

Could this young young man be the son of Yuan Shao?

It's not that Xun Yu was afraid of Yuan Shao's infant son, it was just that his understanding of Yuan Shao was quite deep and not comparable to that of ordinary people.

When Xun Yu worked for Yuan Shao in his early years, he knew that Yuan Shao had always been famous for being a protector, especially when he got older. This Hebei overlord seemed arrogant on weekdays, but he was really devoted to his children.

My dear, if you just look at the way he governs the four states of Hebei, you can see one or two shortcomings.

In the four prefectures of Hebei, Yuan Shao left his favorite third son, Yuan Shang, with him in Jizhou, and the other three prefectures of Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou were all given to his two sons and one nephew.

Yuan Tan guarded Qingzhou, Yuan Xi guarded Youzhou, and Gao Gan guarded Bingzhou. The entire ruling power of Hebei was shrouded in the Yuan family.

In Xun Yu's opinion, this is the fundamental way to cause chaos! But it can also be seen from this that Yuan Shao attaches great importance to and trusts his family much more than other princes.

If this boy is the son of Yuan Shao, and according to Yuan Shao's character of protecting his son to the extreme, for the safety of his son, there will definitely be no shortage of troops in this battle.

In this case, I'm afraid Xu Du is in danger!

After clearing the thoughts in his head, Xun Yu's face straightened up and he shouted to Yuan Shang who was at the bottom of the city: "General, can you tell me your name?"

Yuan Shang smiled slightly when he heard this, "Good guy, you just got the point!"

"It's easy to say! I am the current general, the son of General Mu Yuan of Jizhou, and the third son of Jizhou is Yuan Shang!"

Xun Yu felt sad when he heard this, and sure enough!

You are really afraid of what you are afraid of. Yuan Shao’s third son Yuan Shang, everyone in the world knows that Yuan Shao only loves this son. This time even this boy went to the battlefield, and the troops to conquer Xu Du must be extremely strong!

With a long sigh, Xun Yu turned to the attendant and whispered: "Order the officers and soldiers of all ministries to patrol day and night, guard the city well, and do not let Yuan Jun have any gaps. I will write a letter to Lord Sikong and order Cao Sikong

Quickly lead the troops to rescue!"

"promise!"

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In less than half an hour, a line was opened at the north gate of Xudu, and more than a dozen fast horses galloped out. They went east and west, crossing various arteries, either taking the main road, walking through the mountains and forests, or taking the narrow paths, flying quickly.

Heading towards the north in the same way.

The news was quickly investigated by Yuan Jun's scouts and reported to Yuan Shang immediately.

After Yuan Shang learned the news, he couldn't help laughing: "Have you finally sent someone to report the news? One faction also sent out more than ten cavalry. The work efficiency of Cao Jun is really ridiculously high, good, very good! Send orders to all the soldiers, and the city will not

Fight, let’s retreat!”

He stepped forward with his jaw open and said to Yuan Shang: "Xu Du sent sentries to inform Cao Cao. With the speed of Cao Cao's troops, he may be able to return in an instant and will inevitably block all roads to the north. Master, how should we retreat this time?"

Hearing this, Yuan Shang restrained his joy and nodded: "Yes, Cao Cao's army has swarmed back. It's probably impossible for us to go back by the original route. Does General Zhang know any way to return to Hebei?"

Hearing this, Zhang Jia took out a small leather map from his arms, slowly spread it out in front of Yuan Shang, pointed at the winding roads on the map and said: "In addition to running straight from Guandu to Baima Ferry, there are also

There are two other roads to take. One is to take the Guanzhong Road, passing through the land of the rivers to Bingzhou Gaogan. The other is to pass through Xuzhou, pass through Beihai, and go to Qingzhou's eldest son Yuan Tan. The two places are too vast and difficult to travel.

, it is difficult for Cao’s army to send elite troops to blockade all the important roads, but it is too far and it takes a lot of trouble.”

Hearing this, Yuan Shang touched his chin and thought for a while, then continued: "The land in Guanzhong is too difficult and dangerous, with towering passes, which is not conducive to the march of so many of our cavalry. The roads in Xuzhou are broad and smooth, so let's go in the direction of Xuzhou!"

At this time, Gao Lan came to Yuan Shang on horseback. Hearing this, he opened his mouth and said rather sadly: "But... Third Young Master, let's take a detour to Xuzhou and return to Hebei. The journey is too far. This time

Qingqi attacked Xuchang secretly. Each of the soldiers of the three armies only brought seven days of dry food, which may not be enough to reach Hebei..."

"Not enough dry food?" Yuan Shang's face turned slightly dark when he heard this.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "If it's not enough, it's not enough. Let's think of a solution halfway. In short, we're ordering the three armies to integrate their troops immediately and rush to the direction of Xuzhou to retreat."

"promise!"

The two generals were ordered to turn their horses and leave. Just after taking a few steps, they suddenly heard Yuan Shang shouting again: "Wait a minute!"

The second general turned his head in confusion and looked at Yuan Shang curiously.

"We can't leave in a hurry now, we still have one more important thing to do."

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Shangshu Lingfu.

After Xun Yu wrote tens of thousands of urgent letters and copied more than ten copies, he immediately selected more than ten shrewd soldiers in the army and ordered them to each hold a copy and set off quickly. Before the large army of Yuan's army arrived, he must send the urgent letters

The letter was sent to Cao Cao, asking him to send troops to rescue him quickly.

After everything was done smoothly, Xun Yu took a deep breath and sat down, rubbing his tired forehead and feeling a little relieved.

More than ten riders sent out urgent letters from different directions and roads. No matter what happened, one of them should be delivered to Cao Cao, right?

Just one letter! As long as one letter is delivered, all problems will be solved.

Just as Xun Yu was thinking about it, he suddenly heard another urgent sound of footsteps outside the door.

However, the attendant rushed into the study room in a hurry, and bowed to Xun Yu in a hurry, saying: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty Xun Yu!"

Xun Yu's heart trembled, and he quickly turned his head and asked the attendant with a heavy look: "What? Could it be that Yuan's army has begun to attack the city?"

The attendant shook his head and said to Xun Yu with a strange expression: "Your Majesty, this event is very surprising! After our army's sentry cavalry rushed out, Yuan Jun's momentum was not as arrogant as before, and the dust in the forest in the distance was also

No more. I just surrounded the four gates and rested on the ground. I didn't attack the city. I don't know what it was about..."

Xun Yu was stunned when he heard this.

After a while, the usually personable Shangshu Ling suddenly slapped the table and sighed to himself: "I accidentally fell into Huangkou Xiaoer's tree-flowering scheme. It's really ridiculous...
Chapter completed!